The good German : a novel by Joseph Kanon(
Book
)
90
editions published
between
2001
and
2013
in
11
languages
and held by
3,403
libraries
worldwide
In 1945 Hitler has been defeated, and Berlin is divided into zones of occupation. Jake Geismar, an American correspondent who spent time in the city before the war, has returned to write about the Allied triumph while pursuing a more personal quest: his search for Lena, the married woman he left behind. When an American soldier's body is found in the Russian zone during the Potsdam Conference, Jake stumbles on the lead to a murder mystery. The Good German is a story of espionage and love, an extraordinary recreation of a city devastated by war, and a thriller that asks the most profound ethical questions in its exploration of the nature of justice, and what we mean by good and evil in times of peace and of war

Alibi : a novel by Joseph Kanon(
Book
)
33
editions published
between
2005
and
2013
in
5
languages
and held by
2,762
libraries
worldwide
In a historical thriller set in postwar Venice, Adam Miller, a U.S. Army war crimes investigator, confronts a city still at war with itself and haunted by the atrocities of the recent past when he falls in love with a Jewish woman

Los Alamos : a novel by Joseph Kanon(
Book
)
49
editions published
between
1996
and
2013
in
11
languages
and held by
2,373
libraries
worldwide
A spy thriller on the making of the atom bomb. The protagonist, counter-intelligence officer Michael Connolly, investigates the murder of a security officer at the Los Alamos compound in 1940s New Mexico. He has an affair with the wife of a foreign physicist and uncovers a spy at the highest level. A first novel

Istanbul passage : a novel by Joseph Kanon(
Book
)
31
editions published
between
2012
and
2014
in
7
languages
and held by
2,267
libraries
worldwide
"From the acclaimed, bestselling author of Stardust, The Good German, and Los Alamos--a gripping tale of an American undercover agent in 1945 Istanbul who descends into the murky cat-and-mouse world of compromise and betrayal that will come to define the entire post-war era. A neutral capital straddling Europe and Asia, Istanbul has spent the war as a magnet for refugees and spies. Even American businessman Leon Bauer has been drawn into this shadow world, doing undercover odd jobs and courier runs for the Allied war effort. Now as the espionage community begins to pack up and an apprehensive city prepares for the grim realities of post-war life, he is given one more assignment, a routine job that goes fatally wrong, plunging him into a tangle of intrigue and moral confusion. Played out against the bazaars and mosques and faded mansions of this knowing, ancient Ottoman city, Leon's attempt to save one life leads to a desperate manhunt and a maze of shifting loyalties that threatens his own. How do you do the right thing when there are only bad choices to make? Istanbul Passage is the story of a man swept up in the aftermath of war, an unexpected love affair, and a city as deceptive as the calm surface waters of the Bosphorus that divides it. Rich with atmosphere and period detail, Joseph Kanon's latest novel flawlessly blends fact and fiction into a haunting thriller about the dawn of the Cold War, once again proving why Kanon has been hailed as the 'heir apparent to Graham Greene' (The Boston Globe)"--

The prodigal spy by Joseph Kanon(
Book
)
48
editions published
between
1998
and
2013
in
5
languages
and held by
2,107
libraries
worldwide
Twenty years after defecting to the Soviet Union, a U.S. government employee asks his son to clear his name. The father, Walter Kotlar, fled while being investigated by Senator McCarthy and now he is ready to spill the beans on people in the U.S. government who framed him

Stardust : a novel by Joseph Kanon(
Book
)
21
editions published
between
2009
and
2014
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
1,812
libraries
worldwide
Having returned from war-torn Europe in 1945 and discovered the mysterious death of his brother, Daniel, Ben Collier delves into the seedy world of the movie business to discover the truth behind Daniel's death

The good German by Joseph Kanon(
Sound Recording
)
13
editions published
between
2001
and
2011
in
English
and held by
725
libraries
worldwide
In the opening months of postwar Germany, CBS correspondent Jake Geismar is in Berlin to cover the Potsdam conference, but also to search for his wartime mistress, Lena. When he comes across the body of a dead American soldier on the grounds of the conference, and nobody wants to investigate it further, Jake scents a story. Before he is through, he finds that Lena herself is connected to the mystery and that both the Americans and Russians are looking for Lena's mathematician husband, Emil, who holds the secrets of the Nazi missile program

Stardust by Joseph Kanon(
Sound Recording
)
10
editions published
between
2009
and
2011
in
English
and held by
451
libraries
worldwide
Following his return from World War II, Ben Collier travels to California when his brother is hospitalized from a supposed suicide attempt--but Ben suspects fowl play

Alibi by Joseph Kanon(
Sound Recording
)
11
editions published
between
2005
and
2012
in
English and No Linguistic Content
and held by
424
libraries
worldwide
Adam Miller has come to Venice to visit his widowed mother and try to forget the horrors he has witnessed as a U.S. Army war crimes investigator in Germany. But when Adam falls in love with Claudia, a Jewish woman scarred by her devastating experiences during the war, he is forced to confront another Venice, a city still at war with itself, haunted by atrocities it would rather forget. Everyone, he discovers, has been compromised by the Occupation--the international set drinking at Harry's, the police who kept order for the Germans, and most of all Gianni Maglione, the suave and enigmatic Venetian who happens to be his mother's new suitor. And when, finally, the troubled past erupts in violent murder, Adam finds himself at the center of a web of deception, intrigue, and unexpected moral dilemmas

The prodigal spy by Joseph Kanon(
Sound Recording
)
8
editions published
between
1998
and
2000
in
English
and held by
363
libraries
worldwide
In 1950 in Washington D.C., Congressman Walter Kotlar is accused of treason and escapes the country. Twenty years later he contacts his son Nick to help him come back to the U.S

Los Alamos by Joseph Kanon(
Sound Recording
)
10
editions published
between
1997
and
2012
in
3
languages
and held by
248
libraries
worldwide
The murder of a Manhattan Project security officer prompts an investigation that is thwarted by the secret nature of Los Alamos

Istanbul passage by Joseph Kanon(
Sound Recording
)
8
editions published
in
2012
in
English
and held by
205
libraries
worldwide
American businessman Leon Bauer is doing odd jobs for the Allies in 1945 Istanbul. When a routine assignment goes wrong, Leon is plunged into a web of intrigue and changing loyalties that leaves him no one to trust. Caught up in a deadly manhunt, Leon is faced with a crippling decision--how can he do the right thing when every choice would bring terrible consequences?

Leaving Berlin : a novel by Joseph Kanon(
Book
)
3
editions published
between
2014
and
2015
in
English
and held by
29
libraries
worldwide
"From the bestselling author of Istanbul Passage--called a "fast-moving thinking man's thriller" by The Wall Street Journal--comes a sweeping, atmospheric novel of postwar East Berlin, a city caught between political idealism and the harsh realities of Soviet occupation. Berlin 1948. Almost four years after the war's end, the city is still in ruins, a physical wasteland and a political symbol about to rupture. In the West, a defiant, blockaded city is barely surviving on airlifted supplies; in the East, the heady early days of political reconstruction are being undermined by the murky compromises of the Cold War. Espionage, like the black market, is a fact of life. Even culture has become a battleground, with German intellectuals being lured back from exile to add credibility to the competing sectors. Alex Meier, a young Jewish writer, fled the Nazis for America before the war. But the politics of his youth have now put him in the crosshairs of the McCarthy witch-hunts. Faced with deportation and the loss of his family, he makes a desperate bargain with the fledgling CIA: he will earn his way back to America by acting as their agent in his native Berlin. But almost from the start things go fatally wrong. A kidnapping misfires, an East German agent is killed, and Alex finds himself a wanted man. Worse, he discovers his real assignment--to spy on the woman he left behind, the only woman he has ever loved. Changing sides in Berlin is as easy as crossing a sector border. But where do we draw the lines of our moral boundaries? Betrayal? Survival? Murder? Filled with intrigue, and the moral ambiguity of conflicted loyalties, Joseph Kanon's new novel is a compelling thriller and a love story that brings a shadowy period of history vividly to life"--

A novel by Joseph Kanon(
Book
)
1
edition published
in
2001
in
English
and held by
11
libraries
worldwide
After cutting his teeth as a foreign correspondent in pre-war Berlin, Jake Geismar returns in 1945 to find the city unrecognizable. Jake wants to take his lover, Lena, away from the ruins, but first he must find her husband

Der verlorene Spion : Roman by Joseph Kanon(
Book
)
2
editions published
between
1999
and
2000
in
German
and held by
10
libraries
worldwide